Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Thought for the dayEvery time the Bush administration decides that they have the right to mistreat foreigners in certain ways, they eventually get around to claiming the right to treat American citizens that way. Declare them "enemy combatants" and hold them without charge, access to a lawyer, or notifying their family? Check? Tap their phones, read their e-mail, and rifle through their unmentionables drawer without a warrant? Check? Assassination? Check. Which "right" to use against US citizens are they going to claim next: torture or pre-emptive nuclear strikes?